Dear Parents and Friends of St Brigid’s,

What a wonderful week we have had. We welcomed Mordi Pre School to our school on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, we had Foundation Prayer in Pyjamas and watched our kittens grow every day! We look forward to 4D assembly tomorrow and good luck to our 5/6 Interschool Sports Team.

St Brigid's "Light the Way" Award

St Brigid’s have decided to introduce a new award - “St Brigid’s “Light the Way” Award. This was in the discussion phrase prior to the Aussie of the Month award being introduced in 2023. We felt like the Aussie of the Month award is so successful we would like to now introduce an award that comes from the school

The certificate will recognise the following qualities:

Lead by Example - be a role model

Kindness - Look out for everybody

Positive Attitude - enjoyment of school and all it has to offer both academically and socially

Participation - prepared to have a go at everything.

There will be two awards per fortnight, one award to the F-2 cohort and the other to the Year 3-6 cohort.

We will launch the certificate at the last assembly for this term ready to start Term 3.

F - Year 4 Disco

What a fantastic night we had dancing the night way with DJ Andy. The children had an amazing time playing the games that DJ Andy hosted, tattoos were on display and fluro necklaces and wrist bands were everywhere. Thank you to the SB Squad, the Year 3/4 parents for all their great work in setting up the hall. A big thank you to DJ Andy who kept the children entertained all night and a big thanks to our staff - Suzie, Lauren, Loretta, Cassie, Annemarie, Andrea, Christine, Cathryn and Sigi who enjoyed the night. A wonderful thank you to all the parents who stayed and helped make the night such a great success!

Our next fundraiser is the Trivia night on Saturday 15th June. There are only 16 seats left so make sure you speak to Tracey to book a seat. We look forward to seeing you there on the night!

Communication with Teachers

Just a reminder to parents that if you have any questions or concerns in relation to your child it is important to make an appointment after school to discuss them with your child’s teacher. These discussions cannot occur at the start of the day as this is the time teachers need to welcome their children and to get them settled for the day, ready to start learning. It is also important to remember that we cannot resolve any concerns if we are not made aware of them, which is why we ask you to make an appointment as soon as you have any questions.

Google Review

We hope your experience at St Brigid’s Mordialloc is positive and educationally enriching. If you have a moment, we would greatly appreciate it if you could share your thoughts and experiences by leaving us a Google business review. Your feedback not only helps us continue to improve and grow but also assists other families in making informed decisions about their children's education. Thank you for taking the time to support our school community!

Thank you to the parents who have already completed a review.

To leave a review, simply click here and select the write a review button on the right hand side.

2025 Foundation Enrolments

We are still taking prospective families on school tours to come and visit our amazing school! We encourage all families to submit their application as soon as possible. If you know of a child or a family who are interested in coming to St Brigid’s please encourage them to book a school tour with Tracey at the front office or book via our website. Please ring the school office if tour times don't suit and we will happily arrange another time.

Mordialloc Preschool Visits

This week we were fortunate enough to have the 3 groups from Mordialloc Preschool come to visit us. They all participated in PMP activities with Mrs Roberts, visited with our bunnies and played with the Beebots in the STEM room. Our Year 5 students were divided into three groups and spent one of the sessions leading the activities. I am very proud of the way the Year 5’s interacted with the children, modelling, guiding and encouraging them in such a lovely manner. This was supported by the preschool who sent this message-

“We really enjoyed our visits. Your students were fantastic guides and role models and very caring of our students. We appreciate the effort and thought you put into our time at St Brigid's.”

We are looking forward to visiting the preschool later in the term.

Feast of The Sacred Heart

The Feast of the Sacred Heart is on Friday 7th June. The Feast of the Sacred Heart celebrates Jesus’ divine love for humanity. We will be celebrating this feast day with Mass at 11.30am at St Brigid’s Church. We will be leaving school at 11 am. All are welcome to attend.

Our action for The Feast of the Sacred Heart is once again our St Vincent de Paul Winter appeal. We are working in conjunction with the Mordialloc Chapter of St Vinnies and they have told us their shelves are running very low. They are in desperate need of grocery items (in particular pasta sauce, tinned fruit, tinned tuna and soup) and toiletries. All donations will be greatly accepted. (Please check the use-by dates).

We will be holding a ‘Casual Clothes’ day on Wednesday 5th June. All children who bring along a donation to school can come in casual clothes.

This year, we are also asking for donations of good-quality blankets, beanies and gloves.

We as a community are so very generous whenever Barry from St Vincent de Paul calls for our help and we thank you for that generosity! Donations can be left at the office now. Our Winter appeal will run until Friday 7th June.

St Brigid's Athletics Carnival - Tuesday 11 June

We are very excited about our upcoming St Brigid’s Primary School Athletics Carnival. Miss Richards has had all the students from Foundation to Year 6 practising the different skills in their PE classes.

The day will begin with all students completing a 100m sprint. Then students will rotate through track and field events throughout the day. All students will earn house points for their house colour. There will be an assembly back at school at 3pm to announce the overall house colour winners.

Students in Years 3-6 will complete long jump, shot put, discus, 200m, hurdles, 100m and 800m events. The results from these events will pick the St Brigid’s Athletics team that will represent our school at the Mordialloc District Athletics Carnival in September.

Students from Foundation - Year 2 will compete in athletic and novelty events.

Date: Tuesday 11th June (Back up - Friday 21st June)

Venue: Mentone Athletics Track (Dolamore Oval, Queen St, Parkdale VIC 3195)

Time: 8:45am - 3:00pm (Please make sure your child/ren are on time as the bus will be leaving promptly at 8.50am.)

Transport: Students will be transported via bus to and from the venue accompanied by staff.

Uniform: Full school sports uniform with house colour top

Students will need to bring a packed snack, lunch, water bottle and coat in case of rain for the day.

This day will not be possible without parent volunteers - please respond via Operoo if you can help out for the day. Full schedule for the day will be provided shortly.

5/6K Student Led Conferences

As Term 2 draws to a close it is the time for your child’s teacher to be writing reports and getting ready for our Student Led Conferences.

Ms Angela Kavadia will be on Long Service leave when our Student Led Conferences are scheduled to be taking place in Term 3, so we will be conducting the 5/6K Conferences on Tuesday 18th June. 5/6K families - if you have not booked your Student Led Conference please Click Here for the booking link. The booking code: c35ac. Bookings close on Monday 19th of June at 10:00am.

ALL OTHER CLASSES

All other teachers will be conducting their Student Led Conferences on Tuesday 23rd July and concluding on Wednesday 24th July. Booking details will be sent out early in Term 3.

Running Club

Laps run = 150

km run = 7.5km

Total Km = 456.4km

We are on the Hume Fwy/National Hwy in New South Wales in Tarcutta. We are over half way!! Please note there will be no Running Club on Tuesday 11 June due to our Athletics Day.

Assembly - Tomorrow - 2:15pm

We are looking forward to Assembly tomorrow where 4D will be presenting. All welcome.

Yours in partnership

Wendy Sullivan.

Community News and Events

Level Crossing Removal - Works Notification

Community Theatre - Diary of a Wimpy Kid

St Brigid's Basketball

St Bede's College

Kilbreda Secondary College

Junior Rockers

St Brigid's Community Hall Hire